Chapter 7 - THE REUNION IN THE STUDYThe woman stopped dead in her tracks as her eyes locked onto Luca standing by the fireplace.
For a terrifying second, neither of them moved. The air in the library felt heavy enough to crush glass.
“Luca...” the woman whispered, her voice breaking on the syllable. “Luca Moretti... is it really you?”
Luca stared at her, the glass slipping from his fingers to shatter against the hearth, splashing amber liquid across the stone. His face went entirely pale, his knees visibly shaking as he took a step forward.
“Clara...?” he breathed, his voice cracking with sheer disbelief. “Clara, they told me you died in the hospital fire four years ago... they showed me the death certificate!”
Clara burst into tears, covering her mouth with her trembling hands. “It was a lie, Luca! Vanessa and her father staged the fire to steal our baby! They told me if I ever tried to contact you, they would have you killed!”
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I quietly stepped backward toward the door, realizing I was intruding on a moment four years in the making.
“Stay, Emma,” Luca said, his voice thick with emotion as he pulled Clara into his arms, burying his face in her hair. He looked back at me with tears shining in his dark eyes. “You found her. You brought my family back together.”
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